Open Rivers: Rights, Conflict, and Water Article Proposal Submission Form

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Open Rivers: Rights, Conflict, and Water Article Proposal Submission Form

Open Rivers is currently inviting proposals for our 2025 issue on Rights, Conflict, and Water. We seek contributions that foreground the complexities of and intersections of water rights and water conflicts. How is the right to water enacted in different contexts? How do “rights” and practices reciprocally inform each other? How are water rights allocated? How is water mobilized in sociopolitical practices and how is it weaponized? How does water contribute to larger social discord? How can our sociopolitical structures facilitate better relationships with people and place? What do we learn about water rights and conflicts from history? From art? And what are the rights of water itself?

We invite proposals from scholars, activists, artists, professionals, policymakers, community members, scientists, and practitioners who offer insight on rights, conflicts, and water broadly conceived. We encourage prospective authors to share work that furthers our understandings of the intersections of ecological and sociopolitical systems. We aim to publish content that will provoke thoughtful reflection, meaningful action, and ongoing public discussion.

Deadlines for Abstract Submissions:

For feature articles (without peer review, 3,000-5,000 words) and columns (1,000-2,000 words): rolling deadline accepting submissions until 6 months before publication in 2025.

We are no longer accepting proposal for peer-reviewed articles for this issue.

Review

We will review proposals and be in touch within approximately one month of the deadline. Please also see our submission guidelines at https://editions.lib.umn.edu/openrivers/guidelines/.

For more information about this call for papers please visit openrivers.umn.edu. If you have any questions, please reach out to us at openrvrs@umn.edu.

Name (first and last) *

Email address *

Affiliation (organization, university, etc.)

Please share a short abstract or summary of what you would like to write about for Open Rivers (approximately 250 words) *

Do you have a preference of which article type you would like to write? (We are happy to make a recommendation based on your abstract as well.)

Feature article (3,000-5,000 words, no longer accepting proposals for peer review)

Primary Sources Column (500-1,500 words, a close reading of a particular resource, collection, data set, or other source that is of primary importance to the author.)

Perspectives Column (500-1,500 words, offers insights that diverge from the main theme of the issue or give a different viewpoint)

Teaching and Practice Column (500-1,500 words, focuses on recent classroom work or discusses issues related to teaching and learning, in both formal and informal settings)

In Review Column (500-1,500 words, includes reviews of recent books, exhibits, symposia, blogs, podcasts, films, and websites)

Geographies Column (500-1,500 words, focuses on spatial representations and organizations of information, or a specific place)

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